Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland are gone So are Santa Claus and the Land of Oz And all of my boyhood dreams. Just watched Rudolph again The adults were all complicit in destroying That young bright queer Reindeer's dreams. Donner was a narcissist, Comet a grown bully Rudolph had to leave and grow up on…Read more Christmas Reflections
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Seismic Shifts
I am a couple of days late with this post (I'm trying to post Tuesday and Friday for school, not that it's a hard and fast rule). As everyone knows, the last week has been kind of incredible with the spread of COVID-19, and it's only the beginning of the curve. My month started with…Read more Seismic Shifts
A Saturday Musical Interlude
It's no secret that the Beatles are my favorite band. I saw Yellow Submarine as a toddler.(I was sick and my mom found it on TV, looking for some sort of cartoon for sick kid - back in the days of three, maybe 4 channels and zero control over media...) Apparently, I was mesmerized. Just…Read more A Saturday Musical Interlude
Throwback Thursday – the S-Master’s Blog
This is a 'Throwback Thursday' blog post. I wrote this nine (!!) years ago. It's still very applicable today. Perhaps even more so. ******************************************************************* One of the things I've always liked being able to do with the young people I know is give them things to think about. For many of them, that has come…Read more Throwback Thursday – the S-Master’s Blog
Musings in Twilight 